A Review on System Architectures for Sensor Fusion Applications

In the literature there exist many proposed architectures for sensor fusion applications. This paper briefly reviews some of the most common approaches, i. e., the JDL fusion architecture, the Waterfall model, the Intelligence cycle, the Boyd loop, the LAAS architecture, the Omnibus model, Mr. Fusion, the DFuse framework, and the Time-Triggered Senon Model, and categorizes them into abstract models, generic and chitectures. While an abstract model does not guide the designer in the concrete implementation, the generic architectures provide a generic design but leave open several design decisions regarding operating system, hardware, communication system, or database system. Rigid architectures specify at least some of these aspects and therefore provide existing hardware designs, tools, and source code at the cost of flexibility.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: SEUS
• Authors: Wilfried Elmenreich
• Keywords: Abstract Model, Embedded Systems, Sensor Fusion Applications, SEUS 2007, Time-Triggered Senon Model